Dumka Definition
do͝omkə
noun
A song, especially a Slavic folk song, that has alternating happy and sad passages.
American Heritage
A genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Dumka
Noun
Singular:
dumka
Plural:
dumkyOrigin of Dumka
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Slovak Ukrainian folk song from Ukrainian diminutive of duma thought, memory, narrative poem of Germanic origin dhē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Ukrainian думка (dúmka), diminutive of дума (dúma, “sung epic poem").
From Wiktionary
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